Men’s Tennis Opening Season at Alabama Four in the Fall

Friday, September 22

Tuscaloosa, Ala.

All Day

University of Memphis

Alabama Invitational

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Men’s Tennis Opening Season at Alabama Four in the Fall

Sep 21, 2017 | Men's Tennis

2017 Crimson Tide Four In The Fall Draws

Four Tigers in action Friday.

By: Tammy DeGroff

MEMPHIS – For a second consecutive season, the University of Memphis men's tennis team will open its fall season at the University of Alabama Four-in-the-Fall Event in Tuscaloosa, Friday. With seniors Andrew Watson and Ryan Peniston taking the fall off from college tennis competitions, the Tigers will have four upperclassmen participating in this weekend's kickoff event in Alabama.

Senior Kai Lemke and sophomore Jan Pallares will play in the Crimson Singles Draw. At 10 a.m., Pallares will square off against Illinois' Caleb Chakravarthi, while Lemke faces Florida State's Terrell Whitehurst in the bottom half of the same draw.

In the Houndstooth Draw, redshirt sophomores Turner Voges and Matt Story will start singles play. Voges will face Alabama's Edson Ortiz at 10 a.m., while Story opens against Mississippi State's Trevor Foshey at 11 a.m.

The morning will actually start with a round of doubles play. The nationally-ranked team of Lemke and Story will open against Notre Dame's team of Paul Gota and Nate Griffin, at 9 a.m. in the Crimson Doubles Draw, while the tandem of Pallares and Voges will face the Alabama team of Sam Fischer and Zhe Zhou.